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KO.com: Earl Barron Consensus

So we're stumped at the 5 as we all know. Barron is our most likely "just add water" addition to the 5 spot currently being compounded under the weight of Eddy Curry.

He played 7 games at the end of the season averaging:
2009-10 Statistics
PPG11.7 RPG11.00 APG1.1 EFF+ 17.00
And considering his output had probably the best D League debut in history (bar that kid in Utah with the buzzer beater)

He's been tweeting on hoopshype.com, throwing his name out there, milking his late season exposure, but what is our general consensus with so little to go by?

Erik Spoelstra's comments about him in the vid below are interesting, and it's clear that he has potential/ability beyond that reliable face up J.

What do we think Knickerbocker net pirates? I'm gonna have to say........ Sign him. 3 years @ $2M/ with a team option in the 3rd.

Honestly Earl Barron and Bill Walker were a breathe of fresh air for the Knicks.

Now that the Knicks are hands free from all the dead weights of last year (Big Mac exception) our roster isnt as bad as everyone thinks

Gallinari
Chandler
Douglas
Walker
Barron

That's a young talented team with lots of room for improvement.

All we really need is that superstar, two veterans, and a voice in the lockerroom and we're a title contender.

i agree Walker is become a favorite of mine and i think he has a lot of potential as a 6th man or maybe even a starter at some point, hes working hard this offseason to improve his game hes dropped 10-15 pounds already and he's been working on his shot well see how he looks in summer league

Everyone is saying less than a mil? Really? I bet his agent will be looking for three times that! Whether or not he's worth that sort of salary will be determined by the highest bidder in a league begging for athletic 7 footers.

The MLE is way too high for a player like Barron. Yeah, he played well last year, but it was only in a handful of games.

You can't just a player's performance on that alone. MLE would be too big of a risk (we don't have the Mid-Level exception because we're not over the cap, and the signing would not put us over the cap anyways).

The MLE is way too high for a player like Barron. Yeah, he played well last year, but it was only in a handful of games.

You can't just a player's performance on that alone. MLE would be too big of a risk (we don't have the Mid-Level exception because we're not over the cap, and the signing would not put us over the cap anyways).

But a contract of that size would be too large.

Barron can't expect much more than the minimum

How much is the MLE in the first place?

Now 2-3 million is fine but I really dont know what the value of the MLE is.